[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13234]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                WELCOMING REVEREND CLARENCE A. WILLIAMS

  The SPEAKER. Without objection, the gentlewoman from Florida (Ms. 
Castor) is recognized for 1 minute.
  There was no objection.
  Ms. CASTOR of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to welcome my friend 
and fellow Floridian, Reverend Clarence A. Williams to the House floor 
as our guest chaplain.
  Pastor Williams is a lifelong public servant and trailblazing leader 
in the Tampa Bay community. He serves as the senior pastor of the 
Greater Mt. Zion AME Church in St. Petersburg, Florida, which I have 
the honor to represent here in the Congress.
  Pastor Williams is a man of great wisdom and he is a man of action. 
In 2013, Pastor Williams formed Cross and Anvil Human Services, Inc., a 
nonprofit organization which works to close the educational, digital, 
and wealth gap for our neighbors in Tampa Bay. He is a founding member 
of Men in the Making, a youth mentoring organization; Life member of 
the NAACP; and board member of the Community Health Centers of Pinellas 
County.
  His unwavering commitment to the St. Petersburg community is 
displayed daily in his advocacy for education, civil rights, and equal 
opportunity for all of our neighbors.
  He is a native of Bartow, Florida, where he attended Bartow High 
School, and later Knoxville College in Knoxville, Tennessee. He is 
married to Mrs. Andrea P. Williams, and they have two lovely daughters.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask everyone to join me in thanking Pastor Williams 
for leading today's opening prayer, and I thank him for his outstanding 
service to the St. Petersburg community.

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